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Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

I know there's going to be some math but at some point it's to much. I know a guy who posts rolls as lengthy equations that look like they were found inside the ship at Roswell. At some point it stops being about playing the game well and starts being about trying to make yourself seem like you're better than everyone else.

We're supersoldiers, we're all strong and survivory! What I got is is strawberry jam!

Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

Solars can be made to be cool. This is completely separate, and sometimes perpendicular, to their mechanics.

Infernals are cool, and generally need to be at least one kind of cool in order to make their mechanics work.

Abyssals are in the same boat as Solars, but the Abyssal boat has holes in the bottom and no life vests.

As for math, it happens. You don't need to know all the whys and comparisons we are going through, though.
If you want the summary thus far:
Panoptic Fusion Discipline is really good.
Soak is quite good.
Parry DV now outclasses dodge for many purposes.
DV Penalties matter much more now, so don't flurry too hard unless you have a charm to negate the penalties.
Unexpected-Attack-Negation is still a requirement for a combat-safe character. A Perfect Defense is nice, but not quite so required.

Dodge got hit with the nerfbat and Perfect Soaks are really, really good. (White Veil stylists would just smile and load up on contact-instead-of-injury poisons, but sadly, there are no White Veil stylists, nor indeed is there a White Veil style.)

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Originally Posted by Kazyan

I think we can pack it up and move to a different thread. aetherialDawn has won this one.

Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

well, 8 motes per perfect defense activation means that they are the only ones who can spam PD's now. good luck finding their greater imperfections, cause that will be the only way you'll be able to beat them.

Monkey Playwright of the Improbability Drive Fan Club, Regardless, orcs should be people.

Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

well, 8 motes per perfect defense activation means that they are the only ones who can spam PD's now. good luck finding their greater imperfections, cause that will be the only way you'll be able to beat them.

Which is the intent. Remember, the Ebon Dragon (that ****) tries to

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kill UCS in order to close his Imperfection.

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Originally Posted by Revlid

And so it was that Zaeed, Aang, Winry, Ezio, Sadoko and Snow White all set out on their epic journey to destroy The Empire.

Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

I've just finished my first character sheet, to make sure I understand. Any flaws, either rule-breaking or just bad decisions?

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Name: Exalt Type and Caste: Solar (Night)Anima: Branching lines of gold and violet, like a towering tree, though it looks like a gecko’s foot when viewed from above.

Motivation:
Punishing rid of anybody who negatively affects the integrity of a family without good reason, in a way that does not link directly to him.

Background: Heard about the “Anethema”. Trusted the stories in youth (the dragon-blooded look AWESOME, they must be right). In late teens, he saw a Lunar (anima flaring) near his father, who was trapped in a burning building. He tried to attack her, but changed his mind when the Lunar rescued his father. He then decided to learn as much as possible about the Exaltation, starting with the Lunar who rescued said family member. Though trying to learn about her without being noticed, he was discovered by a new Dragon-Blooded. He tried to fight (stealthily, of course. Not an idiot), and Exalted, then escaped unidentified.

Attributes

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Primary (Mental): 8
Secondary (Social): 6
Tertiary (Physical): 4

Physical:
Strength ●
Dexterity ●●●
Stamina ●●●

Social:
Charisma ●●●
Manipulation ●●●
Appearance ●●●

Mental
Perception ●●●●●
Intelligence ●●●
Wits ●●●

Abilities (Specializations +)

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[Note: Place [C]aste and [F]avoured tags, for clarity.]
Total without BP/XP: 28
(If using Dawn Solution rules, 4 free specialty dots, and Abilities can be raised to 5 without BP)

Resources: ●●●
[i]While there are plenty of people willing to pay for, for example, humiliation or robbery of an adulterer, advertising Exaltation is a deathwish. Therefore, these activities were used only to gain enough money to buy a large farm, which keeps his Resources steady.[i]

Virtue Flaw/Flawed Virtue:
Contempt of the Virtuous/TemperanceIntimacies:
Cil, his gecko, who was a familiar since Exaltation and a pet before that.
Discovering the identity of the Lunar who rescued his father.Languages:
??? (Native)

Re: General Exalted Discussion Thread IX: Errata is Combo-Ok!

I'm not sure how you got the extra charms and abilities, I need to see your Bonus Points allocation.

Dumping physical is pretty much always a bad idea. Mental and social are less valuable, unless you're a sorcerer and don't engage in physical combat. And then, you still want to have high Dexterity for good speed and decent Stamina for Ox-Body Technique and Resistance checks (unless you take Hardship-Surviving Mendicant Spirit and maybe Element-Resisting Prana).

Appearance is a godsend stat for social characters. You would think things such as speeches are based on Charisma, but apparently Appearance is the one because of "poise". Taking out a point of Charisma and/or Manipulation for Appearance would be good. You're not putting any points in Performance or Presence, but you are putting some in Socialize, so it's better to keep the Manipulation 3.

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Originally Posted by Turalisj

How are spirits a viable threat?

While they have a smaller dice pool than any exalt, they still can get perfect effects with Divine (Ability) Subordination for powerful gods, and they have a large enough mote pool to throw charms around left and right, and the increased cost of perfect d's make relying on more common defenses more necessary thus making even celestials vulnerable to a sufficiently determined and powerful spirit. And with the new ping rules and spirit's tendency to have ridiculous numbers of health levels, they can take a very large number of hits to bring down.

They're not a major threat, mind, but they are a threat. A blood ape can't challenge a moderately combat focused solaroid, but can pose a threat to under optimized characters or characters focused excessively on other areas.